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Northwest states that the estimated

cost of installing the new meter station

will be approximately $257,050,

comprised of approximately $20,000 for

the tap facilities and the remainder for

the meter facilities, with expenses

totally reimbursed by Puget.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18917 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–765–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Availability of the Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed

Wisconsin Loop Expansion Project

July 10, 1998.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) on the

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed

by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) in the

above-referenced docket.

The EA was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with appropriate mitigating

measures, would not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

The EA assesses the potential

environmental effects of the

construction and operation of the

proposed Wisconsin Loop Expansion

Project facilities including:

• About 11.7 miles of 30-inchdiameter pipeline loop on ANR’s

existing Wisconsin mainline in

Waukesha County, Wisconsin;

• The relocation of an existing pig

receiver from ANR’s existing Milwaukee

Tap and Meter Station No. 10 to a parcel

of land adjacent to ANR’s existing

mainline Station No. 12 in Waukesha

County, Wisconsin;

• A valve station at milepost 7.7

along the proposed 30-inch-diameter

pipeline loop; and

• A new meter station (Somers Meter

Station) at milepost 12.19 along ANR’s

existing Racine lateral in Kenosha

County, Wisconsin.

ANR would transport an additional

116 million cubic feet of natural gas per

day to shippers in the Chicago hub

markets.

The EA has been placed in the public

files of the FERC. A limited number of

copies of the EA are available for

distribution and public inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, state and local agencies, public

interest groups, interested individuals,

newspapers, and parties to this

proceeding.

Any person wishing to comment on

the EA may do so. To ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on the proposal, it is important

that we receive your comments before

the date specified below. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your comments

to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., N.E., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Environmental

Review and Compliance Branch, PR–

11.1.

• Reference Docket No. CP97–765–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before August 7, 1998.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now seeking to file

late interventions must show good

cause, as required by Section

385.214(b)(3), why this time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18919 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11512–000 Oregon]

John H. Bigelow; Notice of Availability

of Draft Environmental Assessment

July 10, 1998.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

application for a new license for the

existing McKenzie Project, and has

prepared a Draft Environmental

Assessment (DEA) for the project. The

project is located on the McKenzie

River, in Lane County, Oregon. The DEA

contains the staff’s analysis of the

potential environmental impacts of the

project and has concluded that licensing

the project, with appropriate

environmental protective measures,

would not constitute a major federal

action that would significantly affect the

quality of the human environment.

Copies of the DEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Room,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426.

Any comments should be filed within

45 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to David P.

Boergers, Acting Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. For further information, contact

Gaylord W. Hoisington, Project

Coordinator, at (202) 219–2756.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18923 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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